Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the
following segments:
Climate and Justice: Just three weeks after the disappointing outcome at the
United Nations COP 29 (Conference of Parties) meetings in Azerbaijan,
the largest case in the histor...
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In the runup to the second presidential term of Donald Trump, we revisit
our June 2023 conversation with the creative team behind 1/6: The Graphic
Novel, a speculative spin on the real events of January 6, 2021.
Writers Gan Golan (The Adventures of Unemployed Man) and Al...
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As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of
are more and larger server farms and nuclear power reactors to feed them
electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazon and
other tech giants. Amazon is eyeing Eastern Oregon...
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With the looming prospect of a new Trump administration, left activists face
a perilous political moment. Today we look back at the Central America
solidarity movement of the 1980’s to discover what lessons can be learned
from a movement that succeeded in blunting US milita...
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Portland General Electric (PGE) has submitted a proposal to the city of
Portland to update and expand their power grid infrastructure. The proposal,
known as the Harborton Reliability Project, would upgrade one existing power
line, and clearcut nearly five acres of forest i...
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On this episode of Locus Focus we honor Oregon Environment Icon Bob
Sallinger, who died on October 30. For over 30 years Bob has been a regional
fixture advocating and fighting to protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and
communities from environmental and social degradatio...
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Nimiipuu Mole Julian Ankney hosts this decolonial Thanksgiving Show, which
features the following segments:
Beginning in grade school, American school children are steeped in the
American mythology of Thanksgiving, cosplaying pilgrims and their Wampanoag
hosts peacefully...
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Back in April of 2023, a 9-year-old girl in Shasta County, California was
raising a 4-H goat named Cedar when she realized that she couldn't go
through with giving up her friend to be sold and slaughtered, as the program
demands. The fair board, which runs the 4-H progra...
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Today we honor Oregon Environment Icon Bob Sallinger, who died on October 30.
For over 30 years Bob has been a regional fixture advocating and fighting to
protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and communities from environmental and
social degradation and injustice. One of h...
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Socialist City Councilors-elect Tiffany Koyama Lane, known as Teacher
Tiffany, and Mitch Green, a green energy economist, talk about their vision
for building working-class power in Portland, Oregon
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